“Kali Ma Shakti de…”

This whole Tween/Miley Cyrus/Jonas Brothers/High School Musical romance explosion all over the face of America is interesting, frightening and makes me feel weird on a daily basis. Studies have come out highlighting their influence over household buying habits, and as any MBA euphemism slinglord will tell you: These moppets have preferences, and are becoming self-aware…like Skynet.

I’m all about people getting to know themselves at a younger age, but exactly what are these chaps becoming aware of? The kinds of $200 jeans they’ll ask Mom to pick up at Saks? How “gay” that Myspace background is? I really don’t see any lesson being learned here except consumerism.

Should mainstream media outlets be forced to push the celebrity of young, world-changing entrepreneurs over some doucheweasels in rolled up shiny suit sleeves? I think so. But then I guess we’d be royally fucking with people’s freedom to choose for themselves, and we all know how far that’s gotten us…